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21 Dec 2023

Dakar Rally 2024: Team Audi Sport Ahead of a Great Challenge

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="94577"] source: Audi AG Innovative prototype up against strong competition Audi driver crews look forward to tough challenges in January Team Audi Sport and QMS form a proven organizational structure The Audi RS Q e-tron faces its third Dakar Rally. Team Audi Sport has optimized the pioneering rally prototype, that has an electric drivetrain, a high-voltage battery and an energy converter, in meticulous detail for the toughest rall...

30 Nov 2023

Audi RS Q e-tron for 2024: Innovative Prototype With Many New Details

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93690"] source: Audi AG Audi improves the RS Q e-tron once again: Ahead of its third outing in the Dakar Rally, the rally prototype with its pioneering electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and an energy converter receives innovations in many areas. The Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz benefits from numerous detail improvements in Janu...

27 Nov 2023

Final Test Run for the Audi RS Q e-tronRS Q e-tron

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93563"] source: Audi AG Test run in southern France concludes Dakar preparations All three driver crews took part Further extension of the endurance of components was the focus The last big test before the 2024 Dakar Rally: Team Audi Sport has put the Audi RS Q e-tron through its final test in the south of France. The three Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lu...

23 Nov 2023

Tight Spaces: Stéphane Peterhansel Swaps his Audi RS Q e-tron Dakar Monster for the Audi R18 e-tron quattro

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93049"] source: Audi Australia In the latest instalment of ‘e-tron on track’ 14-time Dakar winner, Stéphane Peterhansel, gets a chance to drive the Audi race car that launched the e-tron name in world motorsport. A hybrid-electric drive, similar in principle to the drive used in his Audi RS Q e-tron Dakar racer, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro wrote its own chapter in top-level international motorsport winning at Le Mans on debut in 2012 and the...

19 Oct 2023

Challenging Morocco Rally for Audi

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="91847"] source: Audi AG Ups and downs for Audi at the Morocco Rally Three stage victories for innovative Audi RS Q e-tron All three Audi RS Q e-tron cars at the finish of the Morocco Rally Team Audi Sport received no reward for a strong recovery at the Morocco Rally: Stéphane Peterhansel and co-driver Edouard Boulanger had improved from sixth place to second position on the penultimate day. However, a failure of the water pu...

3 Oct 2023

Audi RS Q e-tron Wows Paris with Stéphane Peterhansel and Edouard Boulanger

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="90770"] source: Audi AG From the desert to the city: Audi is not only using the forward-looking drive technology of the RS Q e-tron in the Dakar Rally, but is also specifically demonstrating it in metropolises. After the rally car’s highly acclaimed city tour through Hamburg a year ago, Paris was now on the agenda. In the home of French Audi factory drivers Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger, the innovative low-emission prototype head...

19 Sep 2023

Audi RS Q e-tron on City Tour: Audi Drivers inspire Madrid, Paris and Stockholm

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="90156"] source: Audi AG Prototype with electric drive attracts high attention Tour of three European capitals From the desert to the metropolises: Audi not only uses the future-oriented drive technology of the RS Q e-tron at the Dakar Rally but also specifically demonstrates it in major cities. Following the highly acclaimed Hamburg tour a year ago, the program now included the capitals of the three countries from which the Audi factor...

1 Aug 2023

ICE or EV Sweepstakes: RS Q e-tron Dakar Decal Plus Chance to Win RS 6 Avant or e-tron GT

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="88290"] In case you haven’t heard, Audi Club is giving away its biggest sweepstakes price ever this year with the winner’s choice of a 2024 Audi RS 6 Avant or 2024 e-tron GT Prestige. The RS 6 Avant marks peak internal combustion engine (ICE) performance, while the e-tron GT is one of the most sought-after electric vehicles (EV) on the market. If you win, you get your choice. And even if you don’t win, you can now get a new decal design from Audi Cl...

25 Jul 2023

Quotes from Team Audi Sport after the Baja España Aragón

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="88088"] Team Audi Sport contested the Baja España Aragón around Teruel in eastern Spain for the first time. The competition, in which Audi competed outside the classification, together with a previous test marked the start of the squad’s six-month preparation for the 2024 Dakar Rally. While Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz finished in the Audi RS Q e-tron, Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist retired after a water crossing caused damage to the power steering pump....

6 Jun 2023

Vorsprung durch “Technic” – LEGO Audi RS Q e-tron Revealed

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="86734"] A couple months ago, LEGO fan blogs had confirmed the toy brick manufacturer’s intent to build a scale version of Audi’s RS Q e-tron Dakar rally car. Model kit #42160 was listed as one of LEGO’s more extensive “Technic” kits. While details weren't exactly right, we now have full details direct from the source. While not available yet, we now know the retail price will be $179.99, that it'll be have remote control functionality and 914 piece...

31 May 2023

Audi RS Q e-tron Testing in Saudi Arabia Focused on Tire Puncture Issues, Durability

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="86647"] [Source: Team Audi Sport] Team Audi Sport has prepared an analytical test for the suspension and tires after the 2023 Dakar Rally. The Audi RS Q e-tron’s record in January included a total of 14 podium results on 15 event days but also various setbacks. While the innovative electric drive concept worked flawlessly, tire failures clearly set back the three driver teams Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edoua...

30 Jan 2023

Mattias Ekström Wins Race of Champions

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="82453"] source: Audi AG Audi driver prevails over Mick Schumacher in the final Mattias Ekström “Champion of Champions” for the fourth time Audi delights fans with demo laps of RS Q e-tron and Sport quattro S1 Mattias Ekström has once again demonstrated his world class and versatility: In his Swedish homeland, the rally and circuit pro driver won the “Race of Champions”, a traditional competition between the world’s best...

9 Jan 2023

Team Audi Sport Remains Motivated for Second Half of Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81593"] source: Audi AG Strong contrast of competitiveness and severe disappointments High motivation in the team despite setbacks for all driver teams Tough second half of rally expected after rest day For Team Audi Sport, the first half of the 2023 Dakar Rally was an emotionally intense mix: Two stage victories and the Audi RS Q e-tron’s first three days in the lead at the world’s toughest rally were offset by setbacks for all three d...

27 Dec 2022

Live to Compete: New Carlos Sainz Documentary on Red Bull TV

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81383"] source: Audi Australia A new documentary series honours Spain's Matador of motorsport About to embark on the next Dakar Rally, Carlos Sainz remains one of motorsports greats and now a documentary series on Red Bull TV charts the rise and rise of this racing force of nature. The first person to win a stage of the Dakar Rally in a hybrid electric vehicle, the three-time Dakar winner and dual world Rally Champion, Carlos Sainz&nb...

21 Dec 2022

Audi Sets Sights on Podium at Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80929"] source: Audi AG Innovative Audi RS Q e-tron: with low-emission drive into the future Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger, Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz: a team of winners Motorsport boss Rolf Michl: “Great sporting excitement” Revolutionizing the sport in an energy-efficient way and being among the best in the process: Audi has set itself no lesser task for the RS Q e-tron’s second outin...

9 Dec 2022

Award for the Audi RS Q e-tron

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80398"] source: Audi AG Audi Sport wins “Racecar Powertrain of the Year Award 2022” Stefan Dreyer, Head of Development Audi Sport racing: “Courage, focus and perseverance have paid off” An additional motivational boost for Team Audi Sport shortly before its second outing in the Dakar Rally (December 31, 2022 to January 15, 2023): The innovative Audi RS Q e-tron has won one of the most important prizes that is awarded within...

2 Dec 2022

Audi Expands Competence Center Motorsport for its Formula 1 Project

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79936"] source: Audi AG New building of around 3,000 square meters at the Neuburg facility New test benches for the development of the power unit Board Member for Technical Development Oliver Hoffmann: “The best possible conditions to be successful in the top class of motorsport” The Competence Center Motorsport at the Audi Neuburg facility is being expanded for the Formula 1 project. In a new building measuring around 3,000 square ...

23 Nov 2022

Audi RS Q e-tron Saves More Than 60 Percent Carbon Dioxide at the 2023 Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79485"] source: Audi AG Audi relies on reFuels for the first time at the toughest desert rally Advanced sustainable fuel is residue-based and does not compete with food products Already at its Dakar debut, the Audi RS Q e-tron set standards in efficiency and competitiveness of e-mobility in motorsport in January 2022. Now the next step follows: The three desert prototypes with electric drive and energy converter will be at the star...

10 Oct 2022

Heat, Dust and Tire Changes: A Lot of Work for Audi Sport at the Morocco Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="77381"] source: Audi AG All three Audi RS Q e-tron at the finish after 2,300 desert kilometers Learning effects and visible progress with second evolution Harsh conditions in soaring heat and dense dust Learning at a high level: At the Morocco Rally, the new Audi RS Q e-tron completed its competition debut from October 1 to 6. For Audi Sport and the driver pairings Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Ed...

23 Sep 2022

Morocco Rally: Audi Sport’s Dress Rehearsal for the Dakar

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="76526"] source: Audi AG Three Audi RS Q e-tron E2 cars with Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz Entire team back in competition mode Tough conditions expected in southwest Morocco A packed schedule characterizes the second half of the year for Audi Sport: After the start of testing of the Audi RS Q e-tron E2 in Europe in July, the premiere on September 1, a subsequent nine-...

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